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The fixer, the cheat and the corruption crisis in global tennis
你所不知道的网球:假球和赌博危机

The corruption and redemption of one of the world’s top tennis players
一位世界顶级网球运动员的失足和救赎。

Nicolás Kicker arrived in Paris in top form. The 25-year-old Argentine was an outsider’s bet to go deep into the draw of the French Open, one of tennis’s four Grand Slam events. He’d recently reached the third round of the Australian Open, earning just over US$100,000 in prize money. He finally no longer relied on his parents to support him. A few more wins would put him on course to break into the game’s top 30 players globally, his dream since adolescence. It was May 2018, and Kicker was ranked world number 84.

尼古拉斯·基克尔(Nicolás Kicker)以最佳状态抵达巴黎。这位25岁的阿根廷人被外界认为会在网球四大满贯赛事之一的法国公开赛上取得佳绩。他最近在澳大利亚公开赛上打进了第三轮,获得的奖金刚刚超过10万美元。他终于不再依赖他的父母来支持他了。再赢几场比赛,他就能进入manbetx app苹果 前30名球员的行列,这是他自青少年时期以来的梦想。那是2018年5月,基克尔的世界排名为84位。

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